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Reporting from China! This week members of our creative media team are in China preparing for the museum's transformation into an immersive Chinese experience in May 2014. Jenny Messmer and Jason Smith have been documenting the Wang family in Quanzhou and Luoyang to show what life is like for Chinese families. Check out Jenny's amazing photos!
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Nightlife in Quanzhou.
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Traditional opera in a tea house in Quanzhou.
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A traditional tea service in Quanzhou using Oolong tea, which is from the area.
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A traditional lunch: Local noodle & oyster dish, hot barley tea, and a sweet tea that they say is as popular as Coke.
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Stone carving is a huge craft in this area.
This window is carved from one piece of stone!
done by a local calligraphy artist, Mao Chongmin.
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An impromptu dragon dance on the 1,000 year old
Luoyang Bridge.
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A view of Quanzhou from Qingyuan mountain.
Families go here to exercise and get fresh air.
Families go here to exercise and get fresh air.
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Kids are very into their devices in China, too!
These siblings are playing Temple Run before dinner.
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Luoyang's version of a hamburger.
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Fresh fish, right at the dock.
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This man uses the Chinese equivalent of Twitter to market the fishermen's fish so that locals are ready to buy them when they return to shore.
